But as his own powers grow, Garion starts to realize that he too may have a part to play — a part he is not sure he wants Fate leads on To stranger lands and darker magic Travelling through ever more dangerous realms, Garion and his companions pursue the stolen Orb.
Fate gives no choice Slay or be slain The Orb is regained, the quest near its end. Garion and his companions have only to reach Riva and return the Orb, to allow peace to reign once more.
But fate still has a card to play for Garion. And it is his life that must be gambled For a little while. Thus begins the first book of The Belgariad, a magnificent epic of immense scope, set against a history of seven thousand years, of the struggles of Gods and Kings and men—of strange lands and events—of fate and a prophecy that must be fulfilled!
Download The Belgariad — David Eddings ebook. Indeed the victor will determine nothing less than the fate of all creation. The wicked creature has abducted the King's infant son for sinister purposes.
If Garion and his companions cannot reach the Place Which Is No More, as the Seeress of Kell has warned, then Zandramas will use Garion's son in a rite that will raise the Dark Prophecy to eternal dominion over the universe. Only the Seeress of Kell can reveal the mysterious locale, but first Garion and Polgara must fulfill an ancient prophecy in the mountain fastness of the Seers.
Although Kell is closed to Zandramas, her dark magic can forcefully extract the intelligence she needs from one of Garion's party. Setting traps and dispatching her foul minions, she is determined to claim the world for the Dark Prophecy.
But Garion will let nothing stand between himself and his son. Her armies, led by a Demon Lord, threatened on one side; on the other were the forces of Emperor Zakath, seeking to capture them. Somehow, as the Seeress of Kell had warned, they had to be at the Place Which Is No More for the ritual at the same time as Zandramas, or face disaster.
But where that might be they still had no clue. The New York Times Bestseller! Yet now it is needed again to stop a malign force from spreading evil and destruction across the lands. Sparhawk, Queen's champion, sets out to retrieve the Stone.
But others seek the gem for their own diabolical ends. Most fearsome of these are the Shining Ones, whose mere touch melts human flesh from bone.
Now Sparhawk finds himself stalked by these creatures out of myth. Indeed, Ehlana lies magically entombed within a block of crystal, doomed to die unless a cure can be found within a year. But as Sparhawk and his allies - who include Sephrenia, the ageless sorceress, and Flute, the strange and powerful girl-child - seek to save Ehlana and the land, they discover that the evil is even greater and more pervasive than they feared.
Truly a gem of epic fantasy from the modern master of the genre, The Diamond Throne is a must for Eddings fans - and an excellent introduction for those who have yet to discover the delights of his work.
Everyone knows the tales of the Orb protecting the West from the evil god Torak are just silly legends. But here she is, forced to join a dangerous quest to recover that stolen Orb. No one believes in sorcery, but Garion's aunt and grandfather seem to be the fabled sorcerers Polgara and Belgarath, who would have to be thousands of years old.
Even young Garion is learning to do sorcery. He's just a farm boy, totally unsuitable for an Imperial Princess. Yet for some reason, she has the urge to teach him, brush back his tangled hair, and comfort him. But he is going to a strange tower in the center of all he believes evil, to face some horrible, powerful magician, and she can't be there to watch over him.
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